“VENICE” – it’s a word that captures the very essence of cinematic. Everybody knows of Venice, and knows that Venice is one of the most beautiful, most cinematic places in the world. The ...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/sony-burano-cinema-cameras-are-getting-smaller-but-egos-arent/
It is time for a good old fashioned EOSHD article. Everything you’ve seen so far on YouTube is meaningless – yes it is. Comparing one shot to another this way is no longer representative of t...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/is-n-raw-real-raw-nikon-z9-under-the-spotlight-at-eoshd/
On this official image from Sony’s website, the A7R V appears to sport the lovely top-left dial from the A1… Until it doesn’t! What happened to Jonny dial? Kidnapped, or run away to the cir...
Lensrentals have revealed rental sales data for 2021, as summarised by Yossy Mendelovich of the excellent YMCinema here. You can see extensive charts from Lensrentals here for 2020 and 2021 which...
For download immediately, just $29.99! Pro Color 5 is finally here! Newly refreshed for the Sony A7S III as well as current models such as the A7 III, A7C and A6400. Pro Color 5 has been develope...
In 99% of cases there seems to be little benefit to using 10bit other than more difficult to edit, larger file sizes. 10bit is one of those easy to get excited about specs on paper. It’s a bit ...
Sony really excelled themselves this time. The FX3 is $400 more than the A7S III for less camera! I had expected Sony would try to do something great here – perhaps one of the following… Perh...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/sony-fx3-officially-announced-heres-my-take-on-it/
Something has gone badly wrong with the camera market. Let’s talk about the Sony A1 and Fuji GFX 100S. Undoubtably flagship models, great specs and moving the high-end photography market forwar...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/collapse-in-unit-shipments-means-6000-cameras-could-be-the-norm/
Sony go 8K finally – with the Alpha 1 (a1) mirrorless camera announced today. It is the most technically advanced camera Sony has ever released, and also the most expensive. It has a 30 minute ...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/sony-alpha-1-announced-8k-50mp-canon-eos-r5-competitor-but-6500/
The FX6 slogan should be Miss Every Shot (while fiddling with the menus). The whole concept needs a revamp and a rethink. Blackmagic almost managed it with their touchscreen UI. The URSA pedalled...
https://www.eoshd.com/opinion/pro-camcorder-ergonomics-are-overdue-a-big-change/
The Sony A7S series has always been considered the leader in low light at very high ISOs. But at just 12 megapixels, it’s a big sacrifice in resolution to get there especially in the 8K age. Th...
It’s been a long wait for the Sony A7S III. Maturity takes time. 5 years for Sonys cameras to develop into tools that feel like cameras. I never had the inspired feeling picking up a clinical S...
When does a heat dissipating structure become a heat absorption structure in direct sunlight? There are now a few confirmed reports by the first Sony A7S III reviewers that the camera has an over...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/sony-a7s-iii-heat-absorption-problems-in-direct-sunlight/
COVID-19 has changed many things and one of them is that Sony no longer releases cameras. In a stunning break with tradition, rumours and an assortment of tasty catchphrases are now Sony’s main...
https://www.eoshd.com/opinion/sony-announces-new-rumour-camera-yours-for-just-4000/
Sony has confirmed that the A7S III is finally on the way this Summer, likely in July to coincide with the big Canon rivals – EOS R5 and R6. I have some more information on what we can expect f...
Does Sony plan to be stone dead last for video specs much longer? Yes, stone dead last. The Canon EOS R5, Nikon Z6, Panasonic S1H, Fuji X-T3, Leica SL2 and of course Fuji GFX 100 all ace the agei...
Comment on the EOSHD Forum The sensor for the A7S III has leaked on the EOSHD Forum, with 4K/60p and an HDR mode in 4K and at 15 megapixels thanks to a Quad Bayer pattern. If you care to take a l...
https://www.eoshd.com/rumors/sony-a7s-iii-sensor-specs-leak-4k-60p-and-quad-bayer-60-15-megapixel/
It’s common knowledge in the camera industry that RED owns an important patent for a cinema cameras featuring compressed RAW. Now British third party accessory manufacturer Jinni Tech alleges R...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/jinni-tech-claims-red-compressed-raw-patent-filing-is-invalid/
Stuck in an iterative rut with no experimentation on form or concept, with no imagination or new ideas, Sony is in danger of becoming merely a “specs” company, designing only by committee and...
The wait for the A7S III goes on! The expectation was that the A7R IV would be a Resolution game changer for video. As it happens, it’s more of a RickRoll for hybrid users. 8K is out and the sa...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/sony-a7r-iv-no-8k-no-10bit-no-nd-no-point/
Sony is announcing the A7R IV with 61 megapixel full frame sensor. You can watch the live-unveiling here: https://alphauniverse.com/live/ After the dust has settled, I’ll give you my unvarnishe...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/sony-a7r-iv-first-full-frame-camera-to-shoot-8k/
I have quite a few game-changing Techart adapters but this one takes the biscuit. Here’s my first look for the autofocus adapter on the Nikon Z6/Z7, which essentially converts the camera into a...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/first-look-techart-tze-01-sony-e-to-nikon-z-mount-adpater/
I am convinced Sony will go in the direction of Quad Bayer stacked CMOS sensors for the A7S series and it’s a major reason we’ve waited so long for it. I also think the FS5’s electronically...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/will-the-sony-a7s-iii-have-a-48-12-megapixel-quad-bayer-exmor-rs-sensor/
IMX555CQR is the catchy code-name for an upcoming Sony sensor leaked today. It’s a 102 megapixel full frame sensor for consumer cameras and available to other manufacturers. A pixel binning mod...
This cut-price unimaginative attempt to corner the Vlogger market is a load of shit. Oops. This will be a short blog post. Sony have served up a real turkey here and haven’t thought things thro...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/the-sony-a6400-is-an-absolute-turkey/
Here’s my top 5 cameras of 2018. Of course we all know “there’s no such thing as a ‘bad’ camera” any more but there is such a thing as a dull, boring rip off. Then there’s the stuff...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/eoshds-best-and-worst-cameras-of-2018/
Sony is working on a new codec to replace XAVC, which is based on the older H.264 compression standard. The new codec is called XEVC according to leaks, based around H.265 (HEVC) Version 2. This ...
More specifications have leaked about Sony’s 36 megapixel full frame 8K sensor. The above was posted on the EOSHD Forum by a source who has been right before. There is still a very small chanc...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/sony-a7s-iii-sensor-data-sheet-leaks-showing-4k-at-480fps/
Sony has developed a duo of 8K capable full frame sensors, which will soon be released in two Sony cameras. That means out of the upcoming A7S III and A9 II, only one of those will feature the hi...
I am going to have to be quite hard on Sony in this article, but it comes from a place of love. In an interview with DPReview, Kenji Tanaka, Vice President and Senior General Manager of Sony’s ...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/there-will-be-a-sony-a7s-ii-successor-the-bad-news-is-it-will-take-time/